{"id":338859,"date":"2026-07-13T20:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338859\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T20:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:34:14","slug":"search-suspended-for-swimmer-missing-near-huguenot-park-in-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338859\/","title":{"rendered":"Search suspended for swimmer missing near Huguenot Park in Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville suspended its search Sunday for a swimmer last seen near Huguenot Memorial Park Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office said patrol officers responded to the park along Heckscher Drive around 4:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a possible drowning.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, three adults were swimming in the ocean when they began struggling against an undertow. Bystanders were able to rescue two of the swimmers, but the third swimmer, a man, went underwater and did not resurface, JSO said.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard said the swimmer was reportedly last seen wearing pink shorts and clinging to a red buoy before going under the water.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Search crews from Coast Guard Station Mayport, the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission searched approximately 3 square miles, saturating the area of the swimmer\u2019s last known location,&#8221; the Coast Guard said Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The agency suspended the search Sunday morning pending new information. JSO is leading the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville suspended its search Sunday for a swimmer last seen near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-338859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}